Improved awning and tan for horses  heads



N.PETENS. PHDTO-UTHOGRAPMER, WASHINGTON. D C.

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HARVEYA L. BYE-D, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

Letters Patent No; 107,333, dated September 13, 1870.

IMPROVED AWNING ,AND FAN FER onsns' HEADS.

The Schedule referred to :in these Letters Patent and making part 0f the same.

To all whom it 'may concern:

Bc it known that I, HARVEY L. BYRD, of Baltimore, in the county of Baltimore and State of Maryland, have invented a new and improved Combined Uvningand Fan; and I do hereby declare the. following to be a i'ull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing making a part of this specification, in which- Fignre l is a perspective View ot' the awning, with the fan applied to a horses head; and

Figure 2 is a pian view of the awning, fan, and snpportingrods, all folded down together.

rlhis invention consists of an awning constructed inany suitable nia-nner, and in any desired shape, in combination with three or more rods, each ot` which is jointed at one extremity to the awings, one at each side, and the thi-rd at one end of the same, which rods are designed to pass through sockets attached to a horses bridle, and thus support the awning above the horses head, and in combination with a flap that is suspended from a cross-barof the awning, and swings as the horse travels, serving as a fan and {1y-brush.

In the drawingy a is the awning, which, in this instance, is made np of wire, bent into an oval form, and a piece of cloth, cnt ot'lsimilar shape, and sewed'at its edge over the wire.

I) are the supporting-rods, which are jointed at their upper ends to the awning-wire, one at each side., and the third at one end of the awning.

c are sockets, intended to be securely attached to the cheek-pieces and brow-band of a bridle, said sockets having holes through which the supporting-rods b pass, and setscrews, by which the rods are 'fastened at any height in the holes.

e is the flap, composed, in this instance, of a piece of wire, bent into semi-elliptic shape, with a piece ot' cloth ont into similar form, and sewed, at its edge, over the wire.

4i are hooks at the ends of the flap-wire.

f is the cross-bar of the awning.

on. are eyes in the cross-bar, into which the hooks i al'e inserted.

When it is not necessary to use the awning and fan, the rods b may be withdrawn from the sockets c and folded with ,the flap e down at on the awning, andthe whole apparatus, heilig thus reduced within the smallest possible compass, may be stowed away under the cushion of a carriage-seat, for instance, or in any other convenient place.

Ido not limit myself to the described manner of constructing the awning and flap.

Having thus described my invention, v

What I. claim as new, and desire to 'secure by Letters Patent, is-

lhc awning a, in combination with the' fan e and supporting-rods b, as and for the purpose described.

HARVEY L. BYRD.

NVitiiesses:

F, W. MERRYMAN, PATRICK M. LYoNs. 

